TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Original Art Expo 2025 recap
[caption id="attachment_79474" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Bill Cox showing off one of the pieces in the live auction[/caption] Last weekend, the second Original Art Expo took place in Orlando Florida. I was attending as a guest artist and, while it’s always difficult to capture any event from behind a table, I thought I’d share a short re-cap and review. To begin, this show is fairly new and still largely under the radar. It was started by Kasra…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Restoration Angel Painting Process
January 13, 2025 - Here's the full image of my Magic card illustration "Restoration Angel" for Innistrad Remastered, art directed by Jameela Wahlgren. It's 11 x 14 inches and done completely in acrylic, on a cradled Blick gessoboard (which I love for the smooth surface, compared to Ampersand's pebbly gessoboard). I took phone photos of this piece as I went, and I've combined them here to create a time lapse of the process. It was done mostly in a restricted palette of Titanium White, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Burnt Umber, and Indanthrene Blue, plus two convenience mixtures - Old Holland Violet Gray, and Warm Gray. Enjoy! [video width="794" height="1080" mp4="https://www.muddycolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Restoration-Angel-by-Winona-Nelson-process-1.mp4"][/video]
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